“Hold government responsible if I die” – Adegboruwa

Fiery lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), who was a member of the Lagos State #EndSARS probe panel, has cried out over threats to his life.

Adegboruwa was part of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters set up by the Lagos State that recently submitted its report to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Adegboruwa who raised the alarm on Monday, said alleged that his life is being threatened by unknown people over the report released by the panel.

The 309 page report stated that protesters were killed at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020, with the panel report indicting the Nigerian Army and Police for complicity in the incident.

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Despite the vicious attacks from suspected agents of the government, Adegboruwa maintained his stand on the integrity of the released report.

Adegboruwa who represented the civil society organisations on the panel, said members were being unfairly persecuted by some state government officials.

In the statement titled, “Nigerians Should Hold Government Responsible if Anything Happens to Me,” Adegboruwa said:

“Since the <a href="http://<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Febunolu.adegboruwa%2Fposts%2F10225757294462662&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="297" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share">submission of the report of the Lagos #EndSARS Panel, there have been lots of threats and attacks, by those suspected to be agents of the government, upon me, especially in the media.

“I have not committed any crime beyond joining other eminent Nigerians with unblemished integrity, to accept the nomination of government on behalf of my constituency, the Nigerian Bar Association and the civil society and indeed the masses of our people, for a national assignment.

“Two prominent lawyers of the government have openly incited opinions against me on national television, with mindless accusations.

“I have however refused to be intimidated or bend to the tactics of government to be silenced.

“I urge the good people of Nigeria, my professional colleagues in the Nigerian Bar Association, my comrades in the civil rights movement and the people of Nigeria, to hold the government responsible should anything happen to me.

“Just last night, one of the prominent EndSARS protesters who testified before the Panel, Miss Kamsiyochukwu Ibe, was attacked and dealt serious machete blows, in what was clearly an attempted murder, as reported by her counsel, with very disturbing photos.

“I heeded the clarion call to serve by the government with the honest believe that the Panel was meant to say the truth and nothing but the truth, which is what we have done.

“It is left for government and Nigerians to do the needful with the report of the Panel.”